To the Mercury News,
daily paper in San Jose, CA:

The most difficult part of the health care reform issue is how much power the corporations will have. Instead of "government by the people and for the people" we have largely been subjected to increasing corporate power over the legislature, and the whole health care field. What many of us would most like to see is true reform, and "reining in" of corporate power. We have begun to understand more deeply that "the common good" for human life is NOT best served by feeding the corporations their daily profits.
Stem cells should be captured from each newborn baby in case of a disease that may warrant stem cell treatment later. The cost is too high for all parents to pay. Mental health coverage should be given to all people in our society who need it. If the congenital illnesses were covered automatically, and the mental health needs met in each community, our society would be so much better off. Corporations are not interested in healing people. They exist for profits. We need to vote them out of power!
Sincerely,
Martina Nicholson MD